Local News

Two people were taken to hospital following an early afternoon mattress fire in a south side apartment building. Emergency crews responded to reports of smoke inside Casablanca Apartments on Simpson Street at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

An arrest warrant has been issued for 57 year old Frank Vantroba after he was a no show for his scheduled three-day trial. Vantroba was charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after a Nov. 2012 incident involving one of his dogs.

Jordan Richards estimates she's seen the movie The Croods about a million times. But over the next 40 days, the nine-year-old fourth-grader from St. Paul School is determined to forgo her favourite film for Lent.

Distracted driving is now the No. 1 cause of fatal highway crashes in this province.

A local family is looking to the community for help after their home was destroyed by fire last month. Ashley Kivari had a candle lit when she was meditating on Feb. 1 in her family's Ogden Street home.

Police have identified the victim of a fatal highway crash Sunday near Hearst Officials with the OPP say Patrick Quessy-Briere, 24, of Thunder Bay died after a collision between a pickup truck and transport on Highway 11 Sunday afternoon.

Nearly one-third of city council opposed this year’s approved budget. The 2014 budget was ratified Monday night 8-4, which will see around a three per cent increase to the city’s tax levy this year. Coun.

While they had concerns, city council approved nearly $1 million for a major road project that went over budget. The first phase of Golf Links Road is now more than $7.8 million after more material was needed than original estimates called for.

Ruth Sutherland was certain her great-niece was going to bring home a second gold medal.

A parvovirus outbreak has forced the city’s animal services to temporarily stop the dog adoption program. In a news release issued Monday afternoon, the City of Thunder Bay confirms that two dogs have been infected with the virus.